Unable to elect Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as the new House speaker Tuesday, the Republicans adjourned for the day in disarray as the party tries to regroup from his historic defeat after a long, messy start for the new Congress.

Brazil's new president says he has received a country, which has been ruined under its former government.

Two senior US lawmakers have called for an investigation over Washington’s purchase and use of powerful spyware made by two Israeli hacking firms.

Congressmen in the US Senate will hold a debate on the $1.66 trillion government bill before funding runs out on Friday.

A rail traffic stoppage could freeze almost 30 percent of US cargo shipments by weight, stoke inflation and cost the US economy as much as $2 billion per day.

Republican Representative Mike Turner (from Ohio) has said the US Congress does not need to pass “Democrat bills” to fund Ukraine’s war against Russia. 

Democrats keep control control of the US Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday.

US Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says since joining Congress, she has "absolutely" felt her life has been in danger.

Incomplete results from midterm elections in the United States show that the Republican Party is ahead in both the Senate and the House of Representatives but has performed far more poorly than it had been expected to.

Control of the United States congress still hangs in the balance after Americans casted their ballots in Tuesday midterm elections.